So, the [ABCDE] in D?-N is redundant and useless, so it doesn't matter what letter you use. Humanity triumphed, eliminating useless redundancy.

No, because a VGA port is a DE-15 and a DA-15 is used for, uh, something?

ETA: Oh hey, just to make things confusing, Apple used DA-15 for video on older Macs.

	▲	fredoralive 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		DA15 was used for amongst other things Mac video outputs in the beige era, PC joystick / MIDI ports and Ethernet AUI ports.